adanida
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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From a- (“agent prefix”) + dánidá (“to abandon someone”), ultimately from dá (“agent prefix”) + ẹni (“to act alone”) + dá (“to make, to create”), literally “to abandon someone to act alone on something”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adánidá
Etymology 2
[edit]From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dánidá (“to abandon someone”), ultimately from ultimately from dá (“agent prefix”) + ẹni (“to act alone”) + dá (“to make, to create”), literally “to abandon someone to act alone on something”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àdánidá
- the act of abandonement
- someone who is being abandoned